Children orphaned by COVID The second wave of COVID-19 brought with it unimaginable grief, agony, and frustration. India saw a sharp increase in the number of deaths, especially among younger people, which meant that many […]
Independence day special Until February 2021, India had only ever had five months where goods exports had surpassed $30 billion. These five months were spread over the preceding decade. Since March 2021, India has had […]
Independence day special As we celebrate 75th Independence Day, let us not forget that somewhere in interior India, women are still fighting for their freedom, liberty, and justice. That they are fighting for not just […]
Independence day special Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech Tryst with Destiny said “The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are […]
Independence day special When India became independent in August 1947, it faced a series of very great challenges. As a result of Partition, 8 million refugees had come into the country from what was now […]
Independence day special While the entire nation was fighting for a free India, there were some individuals and organizations, especially the Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS, that stayed away from the Independence struggle. The idea […]
The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan) or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement in India launched in August 1942 in response to Gandhi’s call for immediate independence of India. The aim was […]
In ancient times, people from all over the world were keen to come to India. The Persians followed by the Iranians and Parsis immigrated to India. Then came the Moghuls and they too settled down […]
American Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4 and is often known as the Fourth of July. It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. […]
The 4th of July is a very special day remembering and honoring our military and saluting the brave hearts that collaborated the process of bringing all the revolutionaries from across the colonies to discuss and […]
By Mabel Pais PAN NALIN’S “LAST FILM SHOW” winsSECOND PLACE: BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE And the TFF 2021 Audience Award Winners Are… The 20th annual Tribeca Festival’s Audience Awards winners are for Best Narrative Feature, Best […]
Varuthini Ekadashi, also known as Baruthani Ekadashi, holds great significance and importance for Hindus. On the day of Varuthini Ekadashi, devotees worship and offer prayers to Lord Vamana, who is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. […]
Ram Navami is one the most celebrated Hindu festival that is observed on the ninth day of the Shukla Paksha in the month of Chaitra (Hindu calendar). As per the Gregorian calendar, the day usually […]
Turban is being used as accessory by the fashionable ones also to symbolize empowerment, equality and self-expression but it is primarily sartorial trend, not a religious practice. In India the girls have started donning the […]
By Amarjit Singh Anand Truth, contentment and kindness are the GUIDING LIGHTS that bless and prod the Sikhs towards living a Divine life, fighting invaders and tyrannical oppressive regimes, for the protection of the weak […]
Most of us know that Vaisakhi celebration commemorates the anniversary of the Khalsa which was laid down by Guru Gobind Singh. Though it signifies its establishment in India, Sikh communities all around the world engage […]
Happy Vaisakhi
By Dr. Assa Singh Ghuman Turban perhaps is the only item of the human attire which has many folds of history and mystery underneath its layers. It had attained hundreds of connotations and interpretations as […]
Baisakhi (also called Vaisakhi) is a harvest festival which is celebrated on the thirteenth day of April according to the solar calendar. This day marks the beginning of the Hindu solar new year. In fact […]
Guru Gobind Singh, born Gobind Rai (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), was the 10th Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Teg Bahadur, was beheaded for refusing […]
Khalsa, (Punjabi: “the Pure”) the purified and reconstituted Sikh community instituted by Guru Gobind Singh on March 30, 1699 (Vaisakhi Day; Khalsa Sikhs celebrate the birth of the order on April 13 of each year). […]
Every year on the Friday before Easter, Good Friday is observed and this year it falls on April 2, 2021. Easter is observed on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon which falls on […]
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified […]
Popularity of Holi can be gauged from the number of names Holi has in different states. Also of great interest is the story behind each of these names. As one moves across from one state […]
By Murtaza Ali Khan Holi celebrations have been a part of Hindi films for as long as one can remember. Right from the early 1940s, Indian filmmakers have tried to include Holi songs in movies […]
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